Bug#479815: Use "su-to-root -X" as su wrapper in menu/desktop files

[Josselin Mouette]

Le mardi 06 mai 2008 à 21:13 +0100, Chris Lamb a écrit :
> The menu item or .desktop file:
> 
>   /usr/share/applications/gdmsetup.desktop
>  
> uses an su wrapper other than su-to-root such as "gksu" or "kdesu". On
> Debian systems, please use "su-to-root -X", which will pick the correct
> wrapper based on what's installed on the system and the current desktop
> environment.

Sorry, but I don’t buy it. That would include a dependency on "menu",
which includes the su-to-root utility; since Debian GNOME has dropped
the Debian menu, it sounds stupid to bring it back just for the sake of
an utility.

> Using su-to-root is also important for Live CD systems which need to use
> sudo rather than su (su-to-root permits global configuration to use sudo).

gksu can be configured system-wide to use sudo, through GConf.
See /usr/share/doc/gconf2/README.Debian for instructions on how to do
that in a Debian package.

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